Wednesday, July 31, 2013

It's Design Team Day over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I have another "Christmas in July" project to share with you. I need to do "Christmas in August" and "Christmas in September" and maybe I won't be running around like a crazy woman in December! Who am I kidding? It wouldn't matter - I would still have some last minute project to put together...sigh. Oh well, it's a nice thought. Enough wishful thinking, let me show you my cute little gift tags.....

* I used the "offset" feature to create the white background, then cut the tags from some pretty, non-tradition Christmas papers.

* I added lots of Tinsel Glitter to the top of each stocking for some shimmer and some bright, hot pink tulle for tying the tags to my gifts.

* On the back of each stocking, I added a simple To and From sentiment using the Peachy Keen Stamps set PKSC-11.

Here is a photo of the cutting file I used for today's project.....

Cute, huh?

Not only does this file make some cute gift tags, but these stockings would be great for a Christmas layout or sweet card.

Well, that's about it for me today. Be sure to stop by Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons to see what the other Designers have in store for you today. They have some ca-ute stuff to share with you! Hope you have a great day and I'll be seeing you soon.....

Sunday, July 28, 2013

I hope your weekend has been going well for you. I spent yesterday locked away in my craft corner working on a few projects for the upcoming August stamp release at Peachy Keen Stamps. These stamps are some kinda cute and I can't wait to show you what I've been working on!

Thursday, July 25, 2013

I hope your week has been going well for you. My week has just flown by. I've been busy playing with the new stamps for the upcoming August Release by Peachy Keen Stamps. They are super adorable and I know you will love them ♥

While you're waiting for the new stamps, we have another fun challenge for you to play along with! This week we have a beautiful Photo Inspiration Challenge and I decided to stick with our "Christmas in July" theme and use these pretty colors.....

Recipe:

* My cute little elf is from the PKSC-11 set. I colored him up with my Copic markers

* I used some pretty Christmas paper following sticking with the colors used in the photo inspiration

* I added some wonky machine stitching around the edges of my mat

* I didn't have any ribbon that matched, so I colored a bit of white ribbon with a Copic marker to match. Then, I added a layer of white pom poms.

* I also colored a few stars to add to the front of my card.

* The sentiment is also from the PKSC-11 set and is stamped onto a speech bubble created with the "Stitched Speech Bubbles" die by My Creative Time

Yay...another Christmas card to add to my stash! I need to continue our "Christmas in July" theme into August and September so I won't be in such a crunch come December! Before I let you go, here are the details about this week's challenge.....

THE CHALLENGE
Create a project using the photo as inspiration. Interpret the photo
ANY way you'd like, just be sure to let us in on your creative process!
The colors next to the photo are only suggested!
We'll be awarding "TOP PEACH" to the player who uses their Peachy
Keen Stamps this week and our two runner ups will receive a spiffy
badge to display on their blog!Guidelines:- Design must be new- Link up by 7/31 - 11:59 pm EST

And, here is the photo for your inspiration....

I sure hope you can find some time to play along with us this week! Be sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps Blogto see the inspiration put together by our fabulous Designers! Then, go get creative and link up your project with us. I can't wait to see what you create!
Until next time,

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

I finally got a chance to play with a few of the stamps and dies I just received from the latest release over at My Creative Time. This release is just awesome and made it pretty easy to put this simple card together.....

Recipe:

* I started off with these masculine papers from the Authentique "Curiosity Collection". I distressed and inked up the edges, then used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges.

*The calendar is from the "Type Calendar" stamp set - I LOVE this set!

* I used the "Stitched Mini Frame & Arrow Die" set to highlight today's special date. I stamped the word "celebrate" onto the bottom of my frame using the "Teeny Tag Greetings" stamp set.

* The star is from my stash of embellishments. I colored it with my Copic marker to match and stamped the number 23 in the center.

* I used a Copic marker to color my seam binding to match and tied it off to one side.

* The stick pin is from "Little Yellow Bicycle"

* I also used the "Stitched Heart Layering Dies" to create the little hearts in the corner.

And there you go! I guess I need to apologize to my son because this card is still sitting on my craft table! Sorry Christopher - it goes in the mail tomorrow!

Monday, July 22, 2013

I am posting today as a guest designer for Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!!

This linky party theme is "Child's Birthday". The more you link up, the better chance you have to win. Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along. Sponsors for this challenge:

My youngest Grandson, Brayden will be turning 2 years old next month, so this challenge was perfect timing for me! I decided to go ahead and make a birthday card and gift bag for my sweet boy.

Recipe for card:
* I started with a red cardbase and used a Spellbinders die to create the pretty edge along the bottom.
* The sweet little lion is from the "Safari Love" cutting files by Lisa at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. I added some fun balloons using the "Birthday Panda" cutting files also by PPPR.
* The sentiment on my card is from Peachy Keen Stamps PKSC-04

Recipe for gift bag:
* I started with a plain white gift bag - I try to keep a supply of white and kraft gift bags on hand all the time. They are perfect to dress up for any occasion.
*I cut a strip of the polka dot paper to fit around the top of my bag (about 2.5 inches in width). I used a MS paper punch to create a pretty edge and glued the strip to the inside of my bag.
* Using the same background papers on my card and bag helps to tie everything together.
* This time I used the darling giraffe from the "Safari Love" cutting files by PPPR. I changed out the heart shaped balloon on this image for another round balloon to keep things consistent.
* I used the new "Totally White" twine by Trendy Twine on all the balloons.

I think I covered most of the details on this project - hope I didn't put you to sleep! I hope you are able to play along with this fun "Child's Birthday" Challenge this week. Go, get creative and be sure to link up your project over at Craftin Desert Divas. I can't wait to see what you create!

I have really missed entering some of the fun challenges going on and would like to start playing along when I have a chance. So, I am also entering this project into the "Use Pattern Paper" Challenge going on over at Paper Playtime.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

If you are hopping along with the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Summer Blog Hop, you should have just left Shannon's blog over at Designs of a Paddymack. If you just stopped by and would like to start at the beginning of the hop - head over to Lisa's blog at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.

For this month's hop the designers have all created "Summer Fun" projects featuring files created by Lisa at PPPR. I decided to work on a layout with some cute, cute photos of my youngest grandson, Brayden.....

* Lisa will choose a random winner on Tuesday, July 23 (please only US or Canada addresses)

I also wanted to thank everyone who played along with our first ever Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Challenge last month! We have a new challenge for you this month...yay! This month's challenge is to created a Summer-Fun Themed Project (challenge will run for 3 weeks). I hope you can play along with us this month, Lisa has a 10.00 Gift Certificate for one lucky crafter! You can link up your project at Lisa's blog - Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.

Now it's time for you to hop off for a visit to my talented friend, Ana Maria's blog at Shorty Creations. I hope you enjoy the rest of this fun hop and I'll be seeing you soon!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

I'm so glad that you stopped by today because it's time for another Design Team Day over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. Lisa has been busy creating some of the cutest files for all of your summer projects and I just fell in love with her fun Popsicle Fever Cutting Files. I used one of the cute little pops from this file for today's card.......

* The sentiment is from the "Summer Vacation" stamp set from Pink By Design

I hope you will stop by the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog to see what the other Designers have created to inspire you today. Their creations are fabulous and I know you won't want to miss them! And, don't forgot our Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons "Summer Fun" Blog Hop coming up this Saturday, July 20th. There will be some fun summertime projects, inspiration and a great prize package up for grabs! I hope to see your there!

Monday, July 15, 2013

I hope you are having a great day! I don't have a project to share with you today - can you believe it? We have been pretty busy around our house for the last couple of weeks. We've been enjoying spending time with family and just relaxing a bit. We had a house full of family for a couple days and had a great time catching up with them.....

The weather was great and most of our time was spent in and around the pool!

My granddaughter Emma and my niece Lily haven't seen each other in years. They became instant friends and had a great time together.

After a year of trying to persuade my sweet hubby (ok, a year of nagging), I finally talked him into taking the RV plunge! We took our first excursion this past weekend and had a wonderful time! My Mama has been visiting us for the last couple of weeks and we met my brother at a half-way point so that he could take her back home. After our little rendezvous, me, my hubby and Emma headed to a RV camping site near Callaway Gardens to spend the night. We wanted our first trip to be a short one and not too far away from home because we've never done this before and were not sure what we were getting into!

This is on the way to take my Mama back to meet my brother. Traveling in style!

It was rainy at the campsite, but we enjoyed our first meal of Nachos inside the RV all nice and dry and cozy!

Emma loved her drop-down bunk bed above the cab.

So, I think we all really like this whole RVing thing! Our trip pretty much went off without a hitch and I'm researching our next destination! In the meantime, I've got to get my house back into order because apparently the cleaning fairy has her own RV and is on the road somewhere. I'm also working on several projects and hope to have something fun to share with you in a few days. Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share some special photos with you!

I hope you have been enjoying all the fabulous "Christmas In July" projects being shared by the Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team. The projects have been so amazing and so inspiring! Now, before I let you go, I need to announce the winner of the cute Santa stamp set I am giving away! I added all the kind, sweet comments you ladies left for me along with all the facebook "likes" and asked my hubby to choose a number. He chose number.....

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

I hope your week has been going well for you. It's been a busy one for me and all the talented Designers over at Peachy Keen Stamps as we share our projects showcasing this month's new stamp release. If you missed these gorgeous "Christmas in July" stamps, you can see them all HERE.

I wanted to play along with the current Peachy challenge which is a fun sketch challenge. You can see all the details about the challenge here. I used the adorable add-on set PK-1326 for this SWEET card.....

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

I hope your day is going well for you. I have a lot planned for today - brunch with my son, granddaughter and mother then shopping. Sounds like a good day to me! If my post goes off as scheduled (fingers crossed) you should be seeing my card for Challenge #2 going on over at The Peachy Keen Connection. This fun challenge is all about VACATION......

I had so much fun with my "shaker card" style gift tags, I thought I would give it another try!

Recipe:

* Printed papers are from the "Key Lime" collection by Bo Bunny

* The umbrella, beach ball and sentiment are all from last month's Peachy Keen Stamp Club set PKSC-18

* My shaker card is filled with Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter

This style of card is just so much fun!

If you missed my shaker style gift tags from yesterday, you can see them by clicking here. Be sure to check out my Santa Stamp Give-Away after you check out my tags! I'll be choosing a winner on Friday the 12th.

OK...I'm off for now. I hope you get a chance to play along with our challenges over at The Peachy Keen Connection. I'll be looking for your project!

Monday, July 8, 2013

I hope you had a wonderful, relaxing weekend and are ready for some more "Christmas In July" with Peachy Keen Stamps. To help celebrate the newest stamp release we have a couple of fun challenges going on over at The Peachy Keen Connection:

We're sponsoring TWO challenges
this month and will be awarding one $25 Gift Certificate to one random
winner from each challenge. If you enter both challenges, you double
your chances of winning a prize, but you do need to create one project
for each challenge, as combining challenges is not allowed.

Using Peachy Keen Stamps on your project IS a requirement if you want to be considered to win the Gift Certificate!

You will have until Wednesday, July 10th at Midnight to play along.

We will
randomly choose a winner from each group of challenge entries. Those
winners will be announced and their photo featured here on the PK
Connection on Thursday, July 11th.

I thought I would share my project for Challenge Number 1, which is to create a Christmas project of your choice without using the colors red or green......

So, for this challenge I created a couple of sweet "shaker style" gift tags.

Recipe:

* I used the "Stitched Capture" Frame by My Creative Time to make the base for my tags.

* The darling little penguins and sentiment are from the July Stamp of the Month Set - PKSC-19

* I used some Martha Stewart coarse glitter between the layers for lots of sparkle.

* I colored some seam binding with my Copic marker to match my polka dot paper and added a fun snowflake to the bottom of each tag.

* The twine at the top of the tags is "Totally White" by Trendy Twine and it got a hit with my Copic marker for a perfect match - love that!

I've been having so much fun with our "Christmas In July" theme that I decided to have a little give-away of my own! How about this fun little Peachy Keen Set.....

He's a cutie, isn't he?

So, for a chance to win all you have to do is:

1) Be a follower of my blog

2) Leave me a comment on this post along with a way to get in touch with you

3) For an extra chance you can "like" my Facebook Page. Just let me know here that you liked my page.

Ok, I think that's about it for me today. I have to get back to my "real Monday" and get some laundry caught up, clean a few bathrooms and do some vacuuming. Dang cleaning fairy seems to still be on vacation! Have a good day and I'll be seeing you soon....

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Hello everyone and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!
Did you make it to the Peachy Keen Stamps Release Party over at The Peachy Keen Connection last night? If you didn't make it, you can still head over and check out all the wonderful new stamps, inspiration by the Design Team and fun challenges!

In the meantime, I've got another sweet "Christmas In July" card to share with you.....

Told ya it was sweet!

Recipe:

* I created my card base with Spellbinders "Grand Scalloped Squares"

* The white background mat is embossed with the Sizzix "Snowflakes" folder

* The darling Gingerbread house is PK-1329. Everything is colored with my Copic Markers.

* I used some bright green ribbon and a bit of "Cherry Cupcake" twine by Trendy Twine.

* I colored and cut out an extra peppermint for the front of my house. I covered the candy with Glossy Accents and used a pop dot to adhere it once it was dry.

* I added some jewels and a bow of "Cherry Cupcake" twine to the wreath on the front door.

* The "icing" along the roof line and on the chimney got a bit of Stickles for some sparkle and shine.

So, that makes ONE Christmas card down - only a few dozen more to go before December! Just in case you haven't stopped by the PK Blog - all the stamps are now available in the Peachy Keen Store and there is a great sale going on through July 9th:

THIS WEEK:

25% off your entire order!

Happy4th ofJuly!!

valid Tues 7/2 10pm - Tues 7/9 10 pm CDT

Don't forget to check out the two challenges going on over at The Peachy Keen Connection, there are a couple of PK Gift Certificates up for grabs ♥

As always, I appreciate your visits and kind comments! I'll be seeing you soon....

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth and final day of fabulous new release "sneak peeks" by Peachy Keen Stamps.
This month's release is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit and the
Design Team has put together some gorgeous projects for your
inspiration. I've got a sweet project to share with you today made with the new Stamp Of the Month Set and a couple of the Add On sets.....

(click on photo to enlarge)

Recipe:
* I started with a plain 4X12 canvas that I purchased from Michael's. I painted my canvas with a pretty lime green paint.

* I used a red stripe and solid white for my background mat, stitching the two layers together with a crazy, loopy stitch on my sewing machine.
* Next comes the fun part! I colored each of my cars with my Copic Markers and got busy with the embellishments. Warning: Lots of Glitter was used of this project!

* The train, adorable Santa and sentiment are all from the Stamp Club Set (PKSC-19).
* I pop dotted my wheels and the ice cream cone.

* These 2 cars are from the Add-On set "Sweet Carts" (PK-1327)
* All the wheels and the fun sucker are pop-dotted and covered with glitter.

*Just look at that cute little caboose! The last car is from the Add-On Set "House Train" (PK-1325). The roof and peppermint candies are all pop-dotted and covered in glitter.

I just love all the sparkle and shine on this piece!
Now, let me tell you about tomorrow's release party. The
party begins on Friday, July 5th at 6:00 pm (CST) at The Peachy Keen Connection.
I sure hope you can join us! We always have so much fun, and the
Designers have so many beautiful projects to share with you. We have
trivial games (with prizes), challenges for you to play along with and
tons of inspiration to get you started on all of your Christmas
projects.

Oh, and one more thing before I let you go....check out this amazing sale Kathy put together for all us Peach Lovers.....

Thanks again for stopping by! I always look forward to your visits and sweet comments. Be sure to stop by Peachy Keen Stamps to see what the other Designers have in store for you!

The entire card is included in this awesome file, including the cardbase. All you have to do is cut it out and put it together. How easy is that?

Recipe:

* These beautiful printed papers are from the "Vintage Nation" paper stack by The Paper Studio (from Hobby Lobby)

* I inked up all the edges with Vintage Photo ink by Ranger

* The sentiment is from Peachy Keen Stamps

* I pop dotted my stars to add a bit of dimension to my card.

Be sure to stop by Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons to see what the other members of our Design Team have in store for you. They have put together some beautiful projects! And don't forget, you still have time to play along with our first ever Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Challenge! You can read all about our "Get Well Challenge" here. I would love to see your project linked up with us this month!

Well, that about wraps it up for me today! Thanks again for stopping by and I'll be seeing you soon.

Monday, July 1, 2013

So....did you know that there are only 176 days left until Christmas? Yep...that's all! And, you and I both know just how quickly those 176 days are gonna fly by!

Not to worry - Kathy, our fearless leader from Peachy Keen Stamps has created a gorgeous collection of Christmas stamps to help you get started on all your Christmas cards, gifts, tags and home decor! You are not gonna believe how cute these stamps are! The sneaks started today and I've got a cute little project that would make the perfect teacher gift, hostess gift or "just because" treat.......

Recipe:

* The treat box is from the Silhouette Online Store.

* That cutie pie little penguin, candy cane and sign are all from this month's new release (PKSC-19).

* I colored everything up with my Copic Markers

* I also added some silver Stickles to the chain on the sign

Isn't that just the sweetest little penguin?

* I tied up the treat box with some "Cranberry" Twine from Trendy twine and added a fun blue jingle bell.

Be sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog each day through the 4th to see all the amazing projects put together by our fabulous Design Team. It's guaranteed to put you into Christmas mode!

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll be seeing you soon with another sneak peek!